The international geography . he seat of theGovernment and of the Storthing. It contains a university, founded in1811, a learned society,several museums for scienceand arts, among them amuseum of northern an-tiquities, the richest in ob-jects from the Viking is the first com-mercial centre of town is beautifully situ-ated among wood-clad hills,but much of it is irregu-larly built. Many flourishingtowns are situated along thecoasts of Norway on thefjords and islands. Close to the Swedish frontier is Frederikshald, withthe celebrated fortress of Frederiksten, and at
The international geography . he seat of theGovernment and of the Storthing. It contains a university, founded in1811, a learned society,several museums for scienceand arts, among them amuseum of northern an-tiquities, the richest in ob-jects from the Viking is the first com-mercial centre of town is beautifully situ-ated among wood-clad hills,but much of it is irregu-larly built. Many flourishingtowns are situated along thecoasts of Norway on thefjords and islands. Close to the Swedish frontier is Frederikshald, withthe celebrated fortress of Frederiksten, and at the estuary of the riverGlommen Fredcrikstad, one of the chief centres of the timber , on the western side of Christiania Fjord, another centre of theexport of timber. Horten, with Carljohans%acni, the chief station of theNorwegian navy; Tonsberg, the oldest town of Norway, and one of thehead-quarters for Arctic sealing ; Chnsiiansand, and other busy seaporttowns, stand on Christiania Fjord, or on the Fig. 104.—The Site of Christiania. Norway 207 Stavanger, one of the oldest towns of Norway, stands on the Atlanticcoast at the south end of the great line of western islands. Bergen,further north on the west coast, was once the first, and is now the second,town of the country, and from the oldest times it has been the chief placein northern Europe for the fishing trade. In the fourteenth centurythe Hanseatic League founded an establishment there, which remainedfor four centuries. There are many remains from former times, includingold churches, the royal hall, and the tower of Bergenhus. It is now aflourishing commercial town, with an intelligent and vivacious population ;it has a great museum and a biological station. Christuinsund is animportant place for fishing. Trondhjem, one of the oldest towns (it wasfounded in 997), and now the third in importance, is the northern terminusof the railways, with lines running south to Christiania and east toSweden.
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